Comments on: Pic: Jon Jones breaks Brandon Vera’s face with an eblow http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2010/03/22/pic-jon-jones-breaks-brandon-veras-face-with-an-eblow/ MMA Opinion and Cheap MMA Gear Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: wardog http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2010/03/22/pic-jon-jones-breaks-brandon-veras-face-with-an-eblow/comment-page-1/#comment-12586 wardog Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:18:24 +0000 http://mmaopinion.com/?p=4782#comment-12586 Actually this is HOW an elbow strike should finish a fight! The majority of the time an elbow ends a fight by causing a cut. As far as up kicks go it is only illegal to an opponent who is kneeling, which as Josh points out limits serious injury. I actually believe that up kicks should be allowed because from the guard position it is an effective defensive strike. But I understand why it is not. Bill Actually this is HOW an elbow strike should finish a fight! The majority of the time an elbow ends a fight by causing a cut. As far as up kicks go it is only illegal to an opponent who is kneeling, which as Josh points out limits serious injury. I actually believe that up kicks should be allowed because from the guard position it is an effective defensive strike. But I understand why it is not.
Bill

]]> By: Josh Stein http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2010/03/22/pic-jon-jones-breaks-brandon-veras-face-with-an-eblow/comment-page-1/#comment-12574 Josh Stein Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:41:04 +0000 http://mmaopinion.com/?p=4782#comment-12574 This is really stupid, for a number of reasons. Upkicks are legal against standing opponents. Plenty of fighters who try to stand up in guard get kicked in the face. Secondly, the rule prohibiting kicks (or knees) to the head of a downed opponent do minimize a major risk to the fighter. Strikes to a downed opponent do more damage than strikes to a standing opponent, when they land flush, and while strikes with the hands and elbows still don't present a serious risk of long term brain or neck injury, that risk increases dramatically with the inclusion of strikes with the knees and feet. This is really stupid, for a number of reasons.

Upkicks are legal against standing opponents. Plenty of fighters who try to stand up in guard get kicked in the face. Secondly, the rule prohibiting kicks (or knees) to the head of a downed opponent do minimize a major risk to the fighter.

Strikes to a downed opponent do more damage than strikes to a standing opponent, when they land flush, and while strikes with the hands and elbows still don’t present a serious risk of long term brain or neck injury, that risk increases dramatically with the inclusion of strikes with the knees and feet.

]]> By: levi http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2010/03/22/pic-jon-jones-breaks-brandon-veras-face-with-an-eblow/comment-page-1/#comment-12571 levi Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:25:02 +0000 http://mmaopinion.com/?p=4782#comment-12571 How can a upkick be illegal but an elbow to the face to an opponent on his back be considered legal. If the UFC is going to allow elbows in this manner, it needs to allow upkicks as well. How can a upkick be illegal but an elbow to the face to an opponent on his back be considered legal. If the UFC is going to allow elbows in this manner, it needs to allow upkicks as well.

]]> By: wardog http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2010/03/22/pic-jon-jones-breaks-brandon-veras-face-with-an-eblow/comment-page-1/#comment-12497 wardog Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:34:57 +0000 http://mmaopinion.com/?p=4782#comment-12497 Whatever he broke he did well in that fight! I think Vera's BJJ is overrated at least in MMA because Jones dominated him on the ground. Bill Whatever he broke he did well in that fight! I think Vera’s BJJ is overrated at least in MMA because Jones dominated him on the ground.
Bill

]]> By: Josh Stein http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2010/03/22/pic-jon-jones-breaks-brandon-veras-face-with-an-eblow/comment-page-1/#comment-12481 Josh Stein Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:39:00 +0000 http://mmaopinion.com/?p=4782#comment-12481 I'm assuming that they mean breaks in the cheekbone and/or the orbital. That'd make the most sense. I’m assuming that they mean breaks in the cheekbone and/or the orbital. That’d make the most sense.

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